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Words . . . Containers of life or death

By GEORGINA KENNEDY

Keys to Abundant Living

According to a Google search on the internet, women speak an average of 20,000 words per day and men speak an average of 13,000 words. Some of us who talk for a profession, speak even more. Wow, needless to say, there is a whole lot of talking going on.

With all of this “talk” we do each day, it is so easy to forget about the power of our words. After all, we talk so much and so often that it is easy to take for granted the power of our words. Sometimes we will say something, and then say, “Oh, I take that back” but you can’t. Once it’s been spoken and heard, then it is “out there.” Other times we say something that we really didn’t mean and then we might say, “Oh, I didn’t mean that and besides it’s just words.” Words — powerful containers which hold either life or death. (Proverbs 18:19,20)

Words are powerful and we need to realize their importance and treat them as such. In the same way, responsible gun owners realize the power contained in the weapon they possess and use them responsibly and protect others from them, we need to do the same with our words. We need to realize exactly how powerful words are and choose to speak uplifting, edifying and positive words over our own lives and over others as well. Then, we also need to learn to speak in agreement with the Word of God. Jesus told His disciples that He only spoke what He heard His Father speak. Jesus didn’t speak the circumstance. He didn’t speak out of emotions. He didn’t speak what He thought everyone else wanted to hear. He didn’t speak what was popular, but rather He spoke the Words of God. He spoke truth, love, forgiveness, acceptance, life, salvation, and He spoke in agreement with the Word of His Father. God the Father had spoken to Jesus that He would bring Him forth from the grave, therefore Jesus spoke and said, “in three days I will rise again.” In reality, it looked like that was impossible, but He wasn’t speaking “reality,” He was speaking ‘Truth — God’s Word.” God performed His Word to Jesus as He had spoken because Jesus believed and spoke in agreement with that Word. Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue (words) and you will live by what you speak (my paraphrase of Proverbs 18:20).

Your heavenly Father desires to perform His Word in your life as well, but you must believe it and then speak it forth. He wants you blessed, saved, whole, healed, prosperous, joyful and filled with His peace. He has spoken these promises to you throughout His Word, it’s time to begin to speak in agreement with these promises so your Heavenly Father can perform them in your life.

When the virgin Mary received that Word from God that she was going to become the mother of the Messiah, what did she say? “Be it unto me according to thy word.” In other words, she came in agreement with that promise and God was able to perform His Word in her life. Thank God for that. How about you? Isn’t it time you too realize the power in the words you speak? Isn’t it time you speak “life” and not “death”? Pay attention to the words you speak and speak words that will be pleasing to Him. Make this your goal, “Let the meditation of my heart and the words of my mouth be acceptable in they sight oh Lord!”

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Georgina Kennedy is the pastor of Solid Rock Family Worship Center, 2628 Pulaski Hwy. in Columbia.

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